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<center>''Were you looking for Flood [[Carrier Form]]?''</center> | <center>''Were you looking for Flood [[Carrier Form]]?''</center> | ||
A '''Carrier''' is a general starship classification, with warships of different subclassifications within the [[UNSC]] and [[Covenant]] fleets. Such a vessel is formally defined as ''"a large warship carrying fighters equipped with flight decks for takeoffs and landings"''. | A '''Carrier''' is a general starship classification, with warships of different subclassifications within the [[UNSC]] and [[Covenant]] fleets. Such a vessel is formally defined as ''"a large warship carrying fighters equipped with flight decks for takeoffs and landings"''. There are likely multiple classes of carrier within this general designation. | ||
The general combat role of a carrier in combat is to deploy starfighters, such as [[Seraph]]s or [[Longsword]]s. They also possess [[weapons]] themselves, not just starfighters, to protect themselves in combat when their fighters are unable to defend them. In planetary occupation missions, carriers are mobile deployers of ground forces to subjugate an enemy planet, launching dropships and top-cover fighters. | The general combat role of a carrier in combat is to deploy starfighters, such as [[Seraph]]s or [[Longsword]]s. They also possess [[weapons]] themselves, not just starfighters, to protect themselves in combat when their fighters are unable to defend them. In planetary occupation missions, carriers are mobile deployers of ground forces to subjugate an enemy planet, launching dropships and top-cover fighters. | ||